Goalless at half-time, United were dealt the first blow just a minute in to the second period when Odion Ighalo went through to slide Watford in to the lead – and although replays suggested the striker was offside, the goal stood.

Craig Cathcart doubled the Hornets’ lead just before the hour mark when he made the most of a Newcastle failed clearance to slam home the second.

Chances in both halves came and went for Newcastle with Aleksandar Mitrovic once again struggling to find the back of the net.

Jamaal Lascelles finally found the break through as he rose highest from a Jonjo Shelvey corner to head home and cut the deficit.

But that was as close as Newcastle came to a comeback and with that defeat they remain in the bottom three.

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